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T. DOUGHERTT GUE TIP FASTENER.

' No. 334,648. Patented Jan. 19, 1886.

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TIBERIAS DOUGHERTY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF-TO HENRY J. BERGMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

CUE-TIP FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,648, dated January19, 1886.

Application filed November 28, 1884. Serial No. 149,031.

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TIBERIAS DOUGHERTY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadephia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a newand useful Improvement in Cue-Tip Fasteners, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 represent sideelevations of a cue-tip fastener embodying my invention. Fig. 3represents a section thereof in line as m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of a cue-tip fastener formed of a yoke with across-bar having slotted guide-grooves and a wedge-shaped clamp havingguide-tongues and outwardly-extending handles at their lower ends, theoperation whereof being hereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a yoke, and B represents across-bar connecting the ends of the limbs thereof. In the crossbar, onopposite sides thereof, are recesses a, in which are fitted slidingclamps O, the backs whereof are formed with tongues D, the same enteringrecesses or grooves 12 in the cross-bar, whereby the clamps arepermitted to slide, and are also properly guided and prevented fromlateral displacement. At the lower ends of the tongues D are outwardlyextending handles, whereby the clamps may be moved by hand in eitherdirection to tighten or release the cue. At what may be termed the upperends of the clamps are lugs E, the same projecting so as to overhang thecrossbar B, whereby the clamps are prevented from dropping through saidcross-bar. These lugs are formed with the clamps so as to pass throughthe cross-bar, and when the clamps are fitted in position said lugs arebent outwardly or downwardly, so that they form obstacles to the passageof the clamps through the cross-bar from below. In lieu of the lugs Imay use pins or rings, which are inserted in openings in the tops of theclamps and pro jected across the same, so as to act in relation (Nomodel.)

to the cross-bar similar to the lugs E. The inner faces of the clamps Oare concave or depressed, so as to conform to the shape of the cue, itbeing seen that said clamps are wedge shape or are wedging in theiraction,

so as to tighten against the one when drawn away from the crown of theyoke. inner face of the crown of the yoke, at the center thereof, is aconcavity or depression, (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1,) to receive thetip during the fastening operation.

The operation is as follows: The tip is ce- 6o.

mented and fitted to the end of the cue, and the latter inserted betweenthe clamps, which have been pushed toward the crown of the yoke, so thatthe space between the curved faces of the clamps readily permits thepas- 6 sage of the one. The one is now moved forward to full extent, sothat the tip is pressed against the crown of the yoke, and the clampsare then drawn out, whereby they tighten against the side of the cue andretain it in po- 7o sition. The cue is now struck smartly on the flooror elsewhere on its butt-end, whereby the clamps take greater hold onthe one and the tip is forcibly pressed against the end of the cue,where it is held until dry, the fastening being thereby reliablyeffected. The clamps, owing to their curved faces, do not indent the cuewith which they are in contact, and thus the surface of the same is notbroken, nicked, or otherwise injured. When the fastening of the tip isaccomplished, the clamps are forced in, or in the direction toward thecrown of the yoke, whereby they are released of their holding power onthe cue, and the latter may then be removed. 8 5

I am aware that it is old to employ a yoke having a spring tip-plate andslides to clamp the same on the cue, the said slides, which are composedof triangular pieces faced with rubber, being forced down from above be-0 tween the stays, and the cue sliding on the stays; but such are liableto become displaced laterally, which is not the case with the form shownand described by me in this application,owing to thelugsEand tonguesDclaimed 5 herein.

On the 55 Having thus described my invention, what I extending handlesat their lower ends, said I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters parts being combined and operating subst2n1- Patent, is tiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

A cue-tip fastener consisting of the yoke A TIBERIAS DOUGHERTY. 5 withthe cross-bar 13, having the slotted guide XVitnesses: grooves I), andthe wedge-shaped clamps (J, Jon A. VJIEDERSHEIM,

having the guide-tongues D and outwardly- I A. P. GRANT.

